and station finally closing on 15 February 1965. The nearest station is located in Derry in the Waterside at Londonderry railway station with trains provided by Northern Ireland Railways. Trains to and from Londonderry railway station run via the coast to Coleraine and Ballymena and Antrim en route to Belfast Great Victoria Street station. Demographics The population of Porthall at the 2011 census of Ireland was 253, and of this 130 were males and 123 were females. Education Scoil Bhríde, Boyagh National School, was first called Porthall National School and was opened in 1836 by way of a free lease granted in 1825 by a local landlord called Mr. Dougherty from Redcastle and the local Land agent Mr. Clarke. The first teacher at the school was a Patrick Conway who earned £4, 0s, ½p per year. Trustees of the school were Mr. C.B. Hamilton and Mr. John McColgan. In 1886 the school was renamed Boyagh National School. The school was taken over by the Irish Department of Education in 1934. Today Scoil Bhríde consists of two multi-grade classrooms. In 2011 the school attendance was thirty-five pupils. Various subjects taught in the school include Irish, English, Maths and Drama. The school is a mainstream primary school under the patronage of the Catholic Bishop of Derry. Notable people Anthony Marreco, founding director of Amnesty International and Junior Counsel at the Nuremberg Trials at the end of World War II.</ref>http://anthonymarreco.com/personal.html</ref> See also List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland References Towns and villages in County Donegal Townlands of County Donegal